ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Challenges in Patient Blood Management for Cardiac Surgery: A Narrative Review.
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- Marginal anaemia and perioperative transfusion in female patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Vox sanguinis · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Clinical Significance of Pre- and Postoperative Platelet Function Testing in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Modifiable Perioperative Practices for the Prevention of Postoperative Complications After Cardiac Surgery: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- The Relationship Between Preoperative Serum Ionized Calcium, Vitamin D, and Postoperative Bleeding After Major Cardiac Surgery.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Innovative strategies in coagulation management for cardiothoracic surgery: a narrative review of pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Review
- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC Guidelines on patient blood management in adult cardiac surgery in collaboration with EBCP.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025Article
- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC Guidelines on patient blood management in adult cardiac surgery in collaboration with EBCP.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Reducing perioperative red blood cell transfusion in adult aortic surgery: innovative application and process optimization of autologous plateletpheresis.Anesthesiology and perioperative science · 2025Article
- Intraoperative Autologous Blood Transfusion in Aortic Surgery.Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) · 2024Article
- Less (Transfusion) Is More-Enhancing Recovery through Implementation of Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective, Single-Centre Study of 1174 Patients.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Perioperative Trajectory of Haemoglobin, Predictors of Blood Transfusion and Tailoring Targets for Patient Blood Management Interventions: A Single-centre, Retrospective Study of Non-emergent Cardiac Surgery Patients.Romanian journal of anaesthesia and intensive care · 2021Article
- Patient Blood Management in 2023: a Nationwide Survey of Anesthesiologists in Romania following the 2018 Guidelines.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangueArticle
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Abstract
About 15 years ago, Patient Blood Management (PBM) emerged as a new paradigm in perioperative medicine and rapidly found support of all major medical societies and government bodies. Blood products are precious, scarce and expensive and their use is frequently associated with adverse short- and long-term outcomes. Recommendations and guidelines on the topic are published in an increasing rate. The concept aims at using an evidence-based approach to rationalize transfusion practices by optimizing the patient's red blood cell mass in the pre-, intra- and postoperative periods. However, elegant as a concept, the implementation of a PBM program on an institutional level or even in a single surgical discipline like cardiac surgery, can be easier said than done. Many barriers, such as dogmatic ideas, logistics and lack of support from the medical and administrative departments need to be overcome and each center must find solutions to their specific problems. In this paper we present a narrative overview of the challenges and updated recommendations for the implementation of a PBM program in cardiac surgery.
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